air conditioning
October 13-15, 2023
Great Hall/Long Hall, West Hollywood
Air Conditioning was a 3-day art exhibition, performance, and screening series curated by Greg Jenkins that took place at Great Hall in West Hollywood. Over 400 guests attended, earning AirCon recognition as one of the weekend’s top art openings by critic Shana Nys Dambrot in LA Weekly. AirCon was supported in part by an arts grant from the City of West Hollywood, and benefitted The Trevor Project, a WeHo-based LGBTQ mental health charity.
Great Hall
Installation View
Long Hall
Installation View
Film Screening
Friday, October 13
˚*ੈ✩ Under the Stars˚*ੈ✩
New Arts commissioned six filmmakers to create films on the occasion of Air Conditioning. Watch the full films here.
From whole years spent: where dirt’s the only animal who will love you by abbi page.
From Richard’s Surgery by Rob Rice.
The screening opened with a performance by Jacob Wolff.
Performance Program
Saturday, October 14
Punitive Worm
8:30p
Siena Foster-Soltis
7:45p
Zengyi Zhao
7:00p
Catherine Menard
6:30p
Music, Performance, & Reading Program
Sunday, October 15
People
Press Coverage
Covered by LA Weekly, Gallery Platform LA, Experimental Cinema, WeHo Times, Revival Hub LA, Zing Magazine, Curate LA, WeHoville, Broadway World, Art Rabbit, Art Week, CalArts 24700, and more.
Air Conditioning
Credits
Curated by Greg Jenkins
Ross Edward Doyle
Siena Foster-Soltis
ann haeyoung
Max Harper
Vanessa Holyoak & Antoine Chesnais
Christine Yerie Lee
Catherine Menard
Antonio Okun
Liz Quezada-Lee
malavika rao
Elle Reck
Punitive Worm (directed by Nikki Ochoa)
Yanbin Zhao
Zengyi Zhao
Friday Program
Film
Zaina Bseiso
Gavati
Manaka Nagai & Kaori Takahashi
abbi page
Rob Rice
Linx Fong Selby
Seokyoung Yang
Performance
Jacob Wolff
Organized by Advik Beni
Saturday Program
Performance
Siena Foster-Soltis
Catherine Menard
Punitive Worm (directed by Nikki Ochoa)
Zengyi Zhao
Organized by Greg Jenkins
Sunday Program
Music
grump
Performance
Kathi Schulz
Reading
Marcel Monroy
Organized by Liz Quezada-Lee & Kevin Terrell
Benificiary
Supported in part by an arts grant from the City of West Hollywood
Additional Partners
